Police seize 4.2 tonnes of cannabis resin on the Bouznika–Mohammedia motorway
Morocco's national judicial police and the DGST seized 110 packages of cannabis resin weighing 4 tonnes and 168 kilograms from a utility van on the motorway between Bouznika and Mohammedia. The driver drove against traffic, abandoned the van and escaped, and the prosecutor's office opened an investigation into the network behind the shipment.
Morocco’s National Judicial Police Brigade (BNPJ), working with the General
Directorate for Territorial Surveillance (DGST), stopped a drug shipment late in
the evening of Tuesday 26 September 2023 and seized4,168 kilograms of chira,
the Moroccan name for cannabis resin.[1]According to a statement from the
National Directorate of Security (DGSN), the operation took place on the
motorway linking Bouznika and Mohammedia.[2]
The driver of the van carrying the seized drugs tried to drive against the flow
of motorway traffic to escape the pursuing police, then left the vehicle and
fled.[2]Le360 reported on 27 September that the driver was still being
actively sought.[3]
Searches of the van found 110 packages of cannabis resin weighing 4 tonnes and
168 kilograms in total.[2]An investigation was opened under the supervision
of the competent public prosecutor’s office to arrest everyone involved in the
criminal band’s activity.[2]
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Le360fr.le360.maFRSaisie de plus de 4 tonnes de drogue sur le tronçon autoroutier entre Bouznika et Mohammedia
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The incident is dated 26 September 2023, the Tuesday evening the DGSN statement describes; the submitted article was published on 28 September and writes 'mercredi', which is inconsistent with that statement.
No arrest is reported for this interception: the driver fled and was still being sought on 27 September.
No street value, vehicle details or place of origin for the resin was published.
Only the DGSN statement and its reprints were found for this seizure; no later court step was reported.
Royal Gendarmerie officers in Kalaat Sraghna raided an olive grove bordering Marchouh commune, seizing hashish, cannabis ears and traditional spirit, and arrested one suspect. The gendarmes said investigations were continuing to identify and arrest the others involved.
Royal Gendarmerie officers in Larache province arrested two men caught crushing cannabis at Douar Mahir, in Bni Garfat commune, and seized 2.26 tonnes of kif, of which 1,360 kilograms were stems and 900 kilograms already crushed material. The two were held in police custody under a prosecutor's inquiry, and the seized cannabis was destroyed under a mixed commission.
Royal Gendarmerie officers arrested four men and seized more than two tonnes of kif and smuggled tobacco from three vehicles in the Aoulouz area of Taroudant province, Morocco. The four were held on the public prosecutor's orders for an inquiry into where the shipment came from and where it was going.
Police in Tinghir province stopped a car on the outskirts of Boumalne Dadès on 29 October 2026 and found 28 kilograms of chira, the cannabis resin known as hashish, hidden in its bodywork. Four people, two of them women, were arrested and remanded to Ouarzazate prison, and investigators suspect one woman's husband directed the network from his cell.
